I wonder if Camp Skank has been doing any accelerated oppo research on Tulsi this week.
Big mistake on their part. Almost all of the dem candidates are drop-dead boring and it will only feed into millions more dems doing google searches on her. You know if it turned out that Gillibrand grew up in a cult, has a husband ten years younger, and keeps her poised demeanor by chanting Hari Krishna 18 hours out of the day it would hurt Gillibrand or help her? Correct. You have given a correct answer.
They be coming for Tulsi with daggers though.
Not even remotely saying she is in danger of being elected or rising much in the polls. But the dem party is already in shambles and she is not going to be swaying back and forth singing kumbaya with them any time soon. Beautiful.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-02/empire-coming-tulsi-gabbard
UPDATE:
Oops, I guess our man Wallet was posting the same link as I was. Sorry bout dat.
So you end out getting a double-dose of Tulsi. DEAL WITH IT!!!!
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In both the first debate and the second, however they figure this stuff out, her remarks about pulling out of Afghanistan scored very high points. They were well received and put her on the map as very likeable.
Its therefore not surprising that Trump and his people took note. I realize it was one of his promises from the start... but I think seeing how well she did among all those candidates on that alone they smelled opportunity. So imo its not surprising we now have this, its one thing he can do that's relatively easy from a Commander-in-Chief standpoint and it plays well to the voters obviously. Albeit we leave behind a terrible mess... but that was gonna happen anyway.
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Secretary of state: Trump wants troops out of Afghanistan before the 2020 election
By:
Leo Shane III 3 days ago
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that President Donald Trump wants the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan drawn down before the 2020 presidential election. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Donald Trump wants the number of U.S. troops in
Afghanistan drawn down before the 2020 presidential election, adding that he has seen “real progress” with security in the area.
The comments came just a few hours before NATO officials announced two U.S. service members were killed in Afghanistan during train-and-assist missions there. About 14,000 U.S. troops are currently stationed in the country.
During remarks at The Economic Club Of Washington, Pompeo said the troop withdrawal is consistent with past requests from Trump, who has said he wants an end to U.S. involvement in the nearly 18-year-old war.
Two US troops killed in action in Afghanistan
Two U.S. service members were killed Monday in Afghanistan.
By: Kyle Rempfer
“End the endless wars, draw down, reduce,” Pompeo said. “It won't just be us. … we hope that overall, the need for combat forces in the region is reduced.”
When asked about timing the withdrawal to the 2020 election, Pompeo laughed that “it's not only my expectation, it would be job enhancing.”
Pentagon officials referred all questions on the comments to the State Department.
Despite Trump’s past promises to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Afghanistan, the number of U.S. forces there has increased in the two-plus years since he took office. Earlier this month, he said that if America wanted to get out of the conflict quickly, Afghanistan “would be wiped off the face of the Earth.”